Рогов Илья Игоревич

Introduction. This article examines the problems affecting the Telegram messenger. Following the start of Special military operation of Russia and the demise and blocking of foreign messengers, Telegram experienced rapid growth in subscribers, traffic, and monetization. However, Federal Law No. 41-FZ of June 1, 2025, limited the messenger's capabilities. The platform's problems arose after repeated requests from government agencies to the messenger's owners and administration to remove or restrict access to content that violated Russian law.Purpose. To determine the relevance of the Telegram messenger's problems, the author analyzed scientific statistical studies by foreign authors on two issues: cyberfraud and the publication of false information. The analyzed studies were published in foreign scientific journals in 2025, with further research to begin no later than 2021. The University of Chicago's cybercrime analysis focuses on topics such as credential theft, pirated software, dark media, social media management resources without user consent, and hacking software. An analysis of inaccurate content was conducted by a team from Sapienza University in Rome to assess the monetization of QAnon and COVID-19 conspiracy theories.Materials and methods. The methodological basis of the research was conceptual analysis and discourse analysis. To determine the relevance of the problems of the Telegram messenger, scientific statistical studies by foreign authors devoted to two problems were analyzed: cyberbullying and the publication of false information. The analyzed studies will be published in foreign scientific publications in 2025, and the start of research will be no later than 2021. The cybercrime analysis by the University of Chicago group focuses on such topics as: theft of user credentials, pirated software, dark media, social media management resources without user consent, and hacker software. The analysis of the unreliable content was carried out by the Sapienza University of Rome group to assess the monetization of the "conspiracy theories" QAnon and COVID–19.Results. An analysis of repost chains and information flows led international researchers to certain conclusions. The author of the article discusses these findings. The cybercrime analysis was conducted on open profile channels, which effectively analyzes user loyalty to content, not user activity within the segment. The analysis of inaccurate content was conducted only for conspiracy theories, which does not cover all forms of inaccuracy. The second part of the article analyzes statistical data from Russian-language channels that shape the news agenda or attempt to control it. The analysis is based on official TG Stat and maxstat results.Conclusions. The political agenda is not a sought-after leader in media consumption. Ordinary users are attracted to topics that are not directly related to political issues. The attractive design of the messenger causes a high level of engagement. Hence the recommendations for the state messenger "Max": focus on topics and content that are in demand in society, work on the interface (UX/UI design).

In the 90s, immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a wide discussion on the topic of totalitarianism took place in the scientific community. Over the past three decades, aspects of totalitarianism have been discussed repeatedly in academic journals and public platforms. Structural, ideological, semiotic and other aspects of the totalitarian state and totalitarian consciousness were analyzed. Without exaggeration, the discussion about totalitarianism can be considered significant for post-Soviet Russia. One of its most important aspects is political. Significant volumes of material have been accumulated. However, the political science discussion develops one-sidedly and does not cover several significant aspects of modern life. Over the past twenty years, especially in connection with the massive spread of broadband Internet, totalitarian practices have begun to be applied not only by states, but also by corporations. This article analyzes what the totalitarian trends of our time are.

The relevance of this article is due to the fact that the historically conflicting relations between Russia and Turkey in recent years have been updated and received an unexpected impetus for bilateral development. The authors examine the specifics of these relations through the problem of conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic. Rogov I.I. and Faraponova T.K. consistently consider the history of the issue of relations between Russia and Turkey, proceed to the analysis of topical issues, showing the widest possible range of interactions between the two countries in the space of the Syrian conflict. The analysis of the accumulated problems and the current state of affairs allowed the authors to conclude that the relations between the two countries are at the stage of a careful search for the basis for future strategic cooperation. This article is the second in a series of articles in which the most relevant aspects of the interaction of the Russian Federation and the Turkish Republic are analyzed.

The relevance of this article is due to the fact that after ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic on the deployment of an aviation group of the RF Armed Forces on the territory of the SAR, the role of the Republic of Turkey as a buffer state between Russia and Syria has sharply increased. The history of relations between Russia and Turkey dates back several centuries and contains many tragic pages. This article analyzes two main areas of interaction geopolitical (the problem of the straits) and energy (the problem of trade in hydrocarbons). An analysis of the accumulated problems and the existing state of affairs led to the conclusion that the relations between the two require a restart on both the diplomatic and the economic front. This article is the first in a series of articles that will discuss the most topical aspects of interaction between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey.

The article analyzes the problems of the modern theory of elites sectoral socio-political science interdisciplinary character, in the context of the challenges of the XXI century. The authors give an overview of the formation elitologii independently interdisciplinary theory and draw the prospect of its continued existence as a special scientific knowledge. The main leitmotif of the article is that the traditional theory of elites dealt with established social institutions and a political system in which the inputs and outputs have been pre-specified, whereas in the modern world there is a process of collapse of almost all established structures, in particular, the subject of the theory of elites in fact, the elites themselves. The conclusions reached by the authors are such that a new scientific knowledge with innovative terminology and methodology is necessary for an adequate reflection of the new reality.

The article analyzes the situation neoinstitutional theory, in particular known monograph "Violence and social orders," co-written by three well-known Western economists Douglass North, John Wallis and Barry Weingast. The authors of this article the reader to critically analyze the principles and guidelines neoinstitutional theory in the context of scientific and theoretical schemes, and in comparison to the objective world trends. The conclusion arrived at by the authors, is disappointing: neo-institutional theory, so popular in some academic circles, hopelessly outdated, do not reflect today's realities, and its only value serve as a scientific legitimization of the ruling elites in the West.

The article deals with the most important Russian social and political concepts on the theory of empires. By analyzing more than twenty years the debate on the subject of imperial systems, and the reasons for their breakup. The author is widely quoted by a variety of sources from academic researchers to contemporary writers. Theory empires regarded as a functional point of view, and from the state and legal.

The article reviews research on the imperial system in terms of sociology of the state in the previous decade. The author considers the best-known works and visions Michael Hardt, Amitai Etzioni, Bertrand Badie, Alexander Motyl, Dominic Lieven etc. Comparing these and other researchers by showing their specificity, the author makes a conclusion about the progressive development of the theory of imperiology.